Pakistan evacuates half a million people stranded by floods
Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain swelled rivers, relief officials said Saturday, as they carried out a massive rescue operation.
Three transboundary rivers that cut through Punjab province, which borders India, have swollen to exceptionally high levels, affecting more than 2,300 villages.
The head of the Punjab government's relief services said 481,000 people stranded by the floods have been evacuated, along with 405,000 livestock.
Overall, more than 1.5 million people have been affected by the flooding.
The latest spell of monsoon flooding since the start of the week has killed 30 people, the head of the province's disaster management agency said, with hundreds left dead throughout the heavier-than-usual season that began in June.
(Source: AFP)
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